Shot dead, in a recording studio. Bullet wound to his head.
Is Rap ever going to change?
How do you know it wasn’t a robbery, or non-rap related homicide?
Either way, though, it’s a sad loss of one of rap’s pioneers.
Rest in peace, Jason Mizell, Jam Master J.
I have to say, montezuma that I kind of resent your using this sad occasion as an excuse to slam rap music in general. They’re not all thugs, you know. (Even if a disturbingly large percentage are.)
Jam Master Jay was hardly living the gangsta life. Run-DMC spoke out against violence and gang banging on a number of occsaions. Run, DMC and Jay never were part of the whole trash-talking and thug scene. In fact I would wager that every rapper-- “east coast” or “west coast”-- respected them and saw them for what they were: rap pioneers.
There are no leads reported as to the motive, but I’d be willing to bet it was a robbery or something like that. I could be wrong, but I don’t think Jay wouldn’ve pissed somebody off professionally to the point of murder. At least I hope not.
Regardless, I think it’s unfair to assume this was “another rap death” ala Biggie Smalls and Tupac.
A sad day. 
Happy
We are not thugs (we don’t use drugs) but you assume (on your own)
They offer coke (and lots of dope) but we just leave it alone
It’s Tricky
Run DMC
peace
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Or just wear that image.
Ok. Sorry.
let’s not be too quick to kiss the boy’s ass, now! we don’t know what skeletons he had hidden in his closet…he could have been a few mil short on his payments to some colombian drug lord for all the info that we’ve got…after all, look at the o.j. simpson surprise.
Might have been a crazed fan.